Rehabilitation in the Western Jurassic
Ecological Subsection
Six Rivers and Klamath National Forests, Region 5
2009 Accomplishments
From 2006 through 2008, grass seed was collected
from Elymus glaucus stands in the Western Jurassic
Ecological Subsection. Seed was sent to J. Herbert
Stone Nursery in Oregon where 26 pounds of seed,
representing 4 seed lots (low and high elevation
stands), yielded 1358 pounds of seed over a two
year period. A portion of the seed (2.1 pounds) was
grown out at the Hoopa Tribal Nursery yielding 2553
grass plugs. The remaining seed is in storage on Six
Rivers National Forest.
Revegetation Study Monitoring Results:
Grass seed and grass plugs (400) were planted in
fixed plots along a Forest Service road
decommissioned by the Karuk Tribe. Results varied
depending on the plot due to variations in slope
which caused some erosion across the grass seed
plots and peripheral shading. Average %
survivorship of grass plugs after two years of
monitoring with a 88.6% survival rate. Cover by
grass plugs increased in one plot from 10 to 17%
and decreased in another from 10 to 4%. Plots with
direct seeding showed a decreased in seedlings over
two years. Monitoring report of 2010 will summarize
results and effectiveness.
MKWC Monitoring Fixed Plots
Year Awarded: 2006
Project completion: 2010
*Plugs planted Fall of 2008.
*Grass seed produced Fall of 2008.
*Grass seed planted by Fall 2011.
*Additional plugs planted by Fall 2011
Report number: (2 of 3)
Expenditures (2009):
Partners/Contractors/Cooperators:
J. H. Stone Nursery, Tsemeta-Hoopa
Tribal Nursery, Karuk Tribe, Mid
Klamath Watershed Council
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Six Rivers National Forest
1330 Bayshore Way
Eureka, CA 95501